From the New York Times, this is the interview. I'm Lulu Garcia Navarro.

Nobody is doing late night comedy, quite like John Oliver. He got a start at the daily show in

2006 as its senior British correspondent. Yep that was his actual title but since

2014 he's at his own show, HBO's last week tonight. The show

opens with a short riff on the News of the Week, but the main event is a deep dive

into a single, often deeply nerdy topic.

This season alone, he's talked about state medical boards.

Our main story tonight concerns medicine.

The thing that tongues technically are, even even though personally I consider them candy.

Corn? Modern farm policy was born during the Great Depression when farmers face a crisis.

And the case for universal free lunches in American schools.

Maybe we should be considering lunch as an essential school supply.

You know like books or desks, we accept that they're subsidized by the government

as an investment in kids' futures. and I'd argue lunch should be too.

It's comedy married with moral outrage and the show's work has actually led to real world

change which even has a name, the John Oliver effect.

Last week tonight has won 30 Emmys, including several a few weeks ago, and in this tumultuous

moment in America, when people are inundated with low quality

hot takes and poorly researched arguments, its fact-based approach has blurred the

lines between entertainment and journalism,

building a devoted audience in the process,

all of which made me curious

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